On 7/24/2018 11:48 AM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 11:37:12 AM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
On 7/24/2018 10:14 AM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 10:46:57 AM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
On 7/24/2018 9:42 AM, Leon wrote:
On 7/23/2018 11:08 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
Some of you may remember that I posted a few questions related to the
bookcases that I was building for the kitchen. Chamfering the shaker
style
doors, paint options, etc.

I think I initially put blade to wood back in January. Since then there
have been a ton of delays, some by choice, others forced upon me. The
need
to replace all of the trim, including the window trim, where the
bookcases
were going, the removal of an old corner cabinet, patching the walls and
floor, painting most of the kitchen - twice. (Bad choice of color the
first time). I hate painting.

Toss in the death of my Dad (expected, but sooner than expected), Mom
going into hospice (and then recovering), the emptying of their
apartment,
(300 miles from me), a few weekends away with SWMBO, and every day
life in
general.

Oh..yeah. Did I mentioned that I hate painting? I often found ways to
avoid the painting so that prolonged the project too.

Well, ~6 months later, they are done and in place. SWMBO has just started
loading up the bookcases and playing with different set-ups. Neither of
us like the current set-up so ignore the books for the most part. So far
all we've agreed on is that she has a lot of cookbooks!

Here you go...

https://i.imgur.com/r9LuQG5.jpg

The backs of the bookcases are painted the same color as the walls. After
I had already dado'd the sides to fit the backs, SWMBO saw some "open
back"
bookcases in a magazine and liked the look. We compromised and I painted
the back panels to match the walls.

The walnut and maple Cribbage board on the right hand base cabinet is one
that I made for my Dad about 30 years ago. We've played hundreds of game
with it over the years, so many that the stain on the pegs is worn
away in
spots.




Looks great and probably vintage appropriate.

If you were to do a little more, I would suggest a short bump out wall
to act as a room divider, just to the right of the cabinet where the
paint color samples are at.Â* As it is it appears that the furniture is
too/wide for the room.

The books, turn them all up right, IMHO laying some down always looked
staged.Â* I like to display things on a shelf, not just fill the shelf
for the sake of filling it.Â* Books up right on a shelf look like they
should be there.

Great job!Â* The cabinets look appropriately proportioned, doors, rails,
stiles.Â* Except for the right side where the right cabinet is blocking
the opening to the other room.Â* IMHO that opening should be made smaller
so that the cabinet dies not appear to block the opening.



One more thing. The tops of the cabinets look unfinished. Look at the
bottom cabinets, their tops that extend past the fronts and sides. The
tops should have trim to extend past the fronts and sides too. A 1x2
laying flat on top of the perimeter of the cabinets would make the tops
look complete. Nothing fancy, just something to finish off the tops.

See my reply to Mike the tops. SWMBO is reserving the right to add a
shelf across the top of the window. I'll toss some 1 by's up there and see
what she says.



Did you draw this in Sketchup? And if so did you draw that wall and window?

No, and no.

Hey, as it was it took me 6 months to build this simple project. Imagine if
I had to learn SketchUp first? I ain't getting no younger, ya know. ;-)

Not an excuse, I'm 64 ;~) Seriously, if you have accurate plans
building goes much much faster. You build it when drawing so actual
building is like doing it the second time.




Speaking of the window...I'm glad I measured the both sides of the wall
before I started building. That window is not centered. The left side unit
is about 1.5" narrower than the right. That gave me a matching gap between the
window sill and the walls on both sides. Even though there is not a full wall
on the right hand side, there is that short section that hangs from the
ceiling. I matched that gap with the gap at the other wall.

If I ever do build a divider wall there, the gaps will be even all around.

The PITA was that I basically had to make 2 "different" units. Any parts
related to "width" had to be measured, set up and cut separately.

In my office I had a similar situation, the 6' wide window was not
centered on the wall. Fortunately the double door entry into the office
was centered.



Almost always I draw the room for a piece I am going to build. You get
to see what the results will look like before cutting wood.